Personal Narrative: My Trip To Ellis Island

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It was around midnight and my mom came and woke me and my baby sister up. She said “get up,get dressed, pack everything you can that will fit in this suitcase.” she then gave me a big suitcase for me and my sister to put both our belongings in. I had no idea what was going on, but I did as I was told and I started to get dressed. I put on a long sleeve shirt and and jeans because it was very cold outside. Then I started packing everything I could of mine and my sister Brooke clothes. Finally after a few minutes of packing my sister and I had everything we could fit packed and ready to go for where ever we were going to be traveling to. I walked down stairs and seen my mom and dad packing a lot of food instead of clothes. I sat down on the couch and I asked “ where in the world are we going that we need all of that food for.” My dad said that we were going to someplace he called the land of …show more content…
There was a bunch of officers wearing uniforms that greeted the ferry boat as it docked at Ellis Island. I was so happy I was finally gonna be stepping on land again. The officers shouted and motioned for me and my family and all the other passengers to walk down the gangplank to the main building. The commotion was overwhelming men,women, children were struggling off the boat carrying trunks, cloth sacks, and suit cases. Officers passed out numbered identity tags which I had no idea to read because I could not read or write in English. Wearing our tags we entered the baggage room on the buildings ground floor. The officers told us that our belongings were gonna be left in here until our inspection was done. I was very upset about this because I knew no better and thought that I was never gonna get my stuff back. I felt not safe I felt like I could be taken away from my parents at anytime. So I stayed as close to my mom and dad as I could. They are the only things that I have left and I couldn't stand to loose them
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